A Dance to the Music of Time – Paul Leduc Retrospective

The most extensive international retrospective of Paul Leduc (1942-2020), a leading figure of Mexican independent cinema, spans four decades of militant filmmaking, reflecting the reality and history of Latin America.

Sections

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon is the section of Doclisboa where we find films that watch, question and try to articulate seemingly loose times and narratives, enabling us to meet our own human extent. From characters who embody the contradictions of our political spaces and tell our present-day story—Der [...]

New Visions

This edition of New Visions is marked by the disappearance of Augusto M. Seabra, who in 2007 thought up and created the foundations for a programme that has become pivotal to Doclisboa. The vitality of this section stems from the irreverence and unexpectedness of the programming practices that Augusto passed [...]

Heart Beat

Marie Losier returns to Heart Beat, opening the section with Peaches Goes Bananas. Two iconic 1990s bands, Blur and Pavement, come back to the stage for their final reunions. Chris Smith infects us with the synth-pop energy of Devo, while Mathieu Amalric joins the Emerson Quartet, this time with soprano [...]

Retrospective Back to the Future

The original ambition behind this title, which is a nod to film history, was to cover the bond that links modernism, that is to say the utopia of the 20th century, and cinema with a few films. One knows that the assumptions of universality, the trust in geometry, the desire [...]

Other Activities

NEBULAE

Against a backdrop of constant transformation of practices and relationships in cinema, this space for reflection brings together voices from different fields and with distinct backgrounds. Through their unique paths, across a total of eight round tables, the participants will explore the challenges and innovations that shape the present and [...]

Abcdoc

Doclisboa’s education project, abcDoc, has been focusing year in, year out on developing audiences through documentary film, in an initiative that brings together pedagogy, art and citizenship. The aim is to foster an audience that is more aware, critical and attentive to the realities of the surrounding world. Cinema can [...]

NEBULAE – CONSTELLATIONS

Against a backdrop of constant transformation of practices and relationships in cinema, this space for reflection brings together voices from different fields and with distinct backgrounds.